Bill Text: TX HB2588 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to access to criminal history record information by the Railroad Commission of Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-09 - Effective immediately [HB2588 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2588-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2588 | ||
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| relating to access to criminal history record information by the | ||
| Railroad Commission of Texas. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 411, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 411.1403 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 411.1403. ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD | ||
| INFORMATION: RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS. (a) The Railroad | ||
| Commission of Texas is entitled to obtain from the department, the | ||
| Federal Bureau of Investigation Criminal Justice Information | ||
| Services Division, or another law enforcement agency criminal | ||
| history record information maintained by the department, division, | ||
| or agency that relates to a person who is: | ||
| (1) an applicant for employment with, or who is or has | ||
| been employed by, the commission; or | ||
| (2) a consultant, contract employee, independent | ||
| contractor, intern, or volunteer for the commission or an applicant | ||
| to serve in one of those positions. | ||
| (b) Criminal history record information obtained by the | ||
| Railroad Commission of Texas under Subsection (a) may be used only | ||
| to evaluate an applicant for employment with, or a current or former | ||
| employee of, the commission. | ||
| (c) The Railroad Commission of Texas may not release or | ||
| disclose information obtained under Subsection (a) except on court | ||
| order or with the consent of the person who is the subject of the | ||
| criminal history record information. | ||
| (d) After the expiration of any probationary term of the | ||
| person's employment or not later than the 180th day after the date | ||
| of receipt of the information, whichever is later, the Railroad | ||
| Commission of Texas shall destroy all criminal history record | ||
| information obtained under Subsection (a). | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2588 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 27, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 2, 3 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2588 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
